Into Battle (Dämmerlicht)

[Max Heller]

"Thanks," Max spared a word in the Mother's Tongue as he felt Adiyah stop to heal his wounds.

He was slowly starting to build up his courage to fight again. He really hated this pack for making him feel this way. Still, all he could do was defend himself and his pack until he mustered up enough courage to attack again.

(Block Matthias. Abort the block to a dodge if Matthias goes for another grapple.)

[Ceaseless-Torment]

Ceaseless-Torment howled out to Matthias in the corrupted tongue, "Do as we planned Alpha, We'll take care of these."

Ceaseless-Torment then went for Adiyah's back as she went to heal Max. He hoped that he would gain some satisfaction from his next attack.

(Bite into her back, will into bite)

[The Berlin Meanies]

Matthias growled back to Torment, "Talk to me like that again and we will discuss this back at home. I know what I'm doing." Matthias avoided Max and charged off towards Hands of Mercy.

Gottlieb continued his frenzied assault against Claire and ignored all other concerns.

[Bleeding-Pain]

To allow Matthias a clear escape, Bleeding-Pain moved to block off Claire and deliver a couple of blows straight to her back while she was busy with Gottlieb.

(Split action for two attacks on Claire)

[Claire]

That the way they want it, fine lets get to it Claire thought as Gottlieb attacked her. Always being one to return the favour she slashed back at him.

(Use rage to gain more attacks)

[Shehrazad]

Claire continued her attacks on Gottlieb. Her first claw raked across his chest, but it was too quick and badly placed, and it didn't quite go through his hide. Gottlieb and Bleeding Pain's attacks, though not very effective on their own, were enough in combination to wear down even Claire.

Ceaseless-Torment tried to bite at Adiyah, but she just about managed to evade him and her hand reached out to touch Max's wound. Despite splitting her focus between not getting killed and healing her packmate, she did a pretty good job of both. Max felt his wound heal up fully.

Then the ground began to shake again, just as Claire tried to get her extra attacks in. The shaking ground caused her to lose her footing and she fell over, inches from Gottlieb. Less than a second later, Adiyah tripped over her and fell to the ground too. Bleeding-Pain, though in hispo, stumbled on the uneven ground as well and soon all four of them were prone, leaving only Ceaseless-Torment and Max standing as Yvonne toppled over.

Max felt his courage return. With Gottlieb almost down and Matthias gone, he didn't know what he was afraid of all this time. His packmates were down and now was the best time to get back into the fight.

Umbraquake, again - everyone must take athletics checks. Claire, Adiyah, Gottlieb and Bleeding-Pain fall over.
Claire takes 2 aggravated then 1 and 1 aggravated. Heals 1, on 6 (-5) - prone
Max heals up fully. Can fight again.

Pack Initiative: 13
Adiyah: 1/3/3 - 5 aggravated damage, prone (-2 Penalty)
Max: 2/1/5
Yvonne: 5/2/4 – cowed for 5 more turns - prone

Claire: 13 (1/1/5) - 6 aggravated, prone (-5 Penalty)

Marskinder: 16

[Adiyah]

Adiyah felt Max's wounds close and a sigh of relief went through her. She'd moved just out of reach of an attack right in the middle of it and half expected not to heal him at all. Just as she was debating her next move, the ground shook violently again. She really hoped that was the bane's death throes, but had her doubts. She lost her footing and felt her legs hit Claire as she went down.

She could see the girl was hurt, and now that she'd helped Max as best she could, Adiyah had to do the same for the ragabash. They needed every fighter they could get. Especially if they were going to regroup and go after Matthias. Her blood ran a bit colder with that thought, as she reached out to Claire, calling up her reserves, thanking the Bear and the foresight to learn the spirit's gift.

(Mother's Touch on Claire, will split for dodge if targeted/punt kicked, etc- spending will for those nice penalties to go away)

[Max Heller]

Max let out a cry of elation as he rejoined the battle. He lunged at Ceaseless-Torment, aiming to knock into him with his shoulder and push him off his feet, and then bite into his chest. The girls could handle the other two, he hoped.

(Spend willpower to tackle Ceaseless-Torment and rage to follow up with a bite.)

[Claire]

Damm thought Claire as she slipped to the ground as it moved under her. But at least her prey came down too, inches from her.
She did not bother trying to get to her feet, instead she lunged at him intending to bite his face off.

(Pin and bite)

[Ceaseless-Torment]

Ceaseless-Torment decided that one healing touch was enough and went straight in to grapple with Adiyah. Claire couldn't benefit from Gaia's touch if Gaia couldn't get to her. With luck, he'd get the healing jolt, not that it would do much.

With Gottlieb in frenzy and Matty gone, Ceaseless-Torment gave an order to attack Claire at the expense of the others. Ignore the healer, kill the wounded one., he bellowed out in the corrupted tongue.

(Split action Grapple/Grapple)

[Bleeding-Pain]

Behind you!

Bleeding-Pain growled out a warning to Ceaseless-Torment just before she turned to finish off Claire with a bite to the leg.

[The Berlin Meanies]

Gottlieb certainly didn't like being knocked down, but he surged towards Claire with intent to bring her down once and for all.

(Bite, rage for extra bite attacks)

[Shehrazad]

Adiyah twisted away rather than let Ceaseless-Torment grab hold of her. She had to hope Claire would survive the next few seconds without her healing touch. Max charged at Ceaseless-Torment and although he managed to bowl him over, he was unscathed. Max continued to snap his jaws at Ceaseless-Torment and dug his teeth into his belly. He was met with some resistence due to Ceaseless-Torment's warshirt, and only barely managed to draw blood.

Still in his death frenzy, Gottlieb bit away at Claire and she had to swing back to avoid him. She only barely managed to avoid Bleeding Pain's bite as well, and escaped by the skin of her teeth.

No change.

Pack Initiative: 14
Adiyah: 1/2/2 - 5 aggravated damage (-2 Penalty)
Max: 2/1/4
Yvonne: 5/2/4 – cowed for 4 more turns

Claire: 15 (2/1/3) - 6 aggravated (-5 Penalty)

Marskinder: 12

[Bleeding-Pain]

Bleeding-Pain continued to lunge at Adiyah with her teeth before she got a chance to undo all their hard work with her healing. She kept an eye out for Matthias and their next move now that they had gotten what they came for.

(Split action for two bites.)

[Ceaseless-Torment]

Ceaseless-Torment went right back at Adiyah, determined to bring down the healer before she could cause anymore damage. He spared a claw for Max as soon as he attacked Adiyah.

(split action claw/claw, one on Max and the other on Adiyah)